look we found an arch
2010 April 18 · 9:55AM · Sunday
detail of the arch
2010 April 18 · 9:58AM · Sunday
pavement face disapproves
2010 April 18 · 10:20AM · Sunday
Pavement face says “Ow, my eye!”
double duty
2010 April 18 · 10:27AM · Sunday
C Max and steam engine
2010 April 18 · 10:55AM · Sunday
clock and works
2010 April 18 · 10:59AM · Sunday
flying machine
2010 April 18 · 11:00AM · Sunday
C, not so impressed
2010 April 18 · 11:04AM · Sunday
gear
2010 April 18 · 11:16AM · Sunday
gear
2010 April 18 · 11:16AM · Sunday
gear
2010 April 18 · 11:17AM · Sunday
name of gear
2010 April 18 · 11:17AM · Sunday
gear
2010 April 18 · 11:18AM · Sunday
musical clock
2010 April 18 · 11:23AM · Sunday
instruments
2010 April 18 · 12:03PM · Sunday
pretty ceiling
2010 April 18 · 12:04PM · Sunday
safety equipment
2010 April 18 · 12:13PM · Sunday
double image
2010 April 18 · 12:18PM · Sunday
weaving machine, with punch cards
2010 April 18 · 12:28PM · Sunday
old knitting machine, modern knitting machine
2010 April 18 · 12:34PM · Sunday
That’s right, I’m a knitting MACHINE!
So which one is the old knitting machine? Dave
Ruby was so tired
2010 April 18 · 12:59PM · Sunday
Very tired, but only pretending to sleep here.
early typewriter
2010 April 18 · 1:02PM · Sunday
temple to technology
2010 April 18 · 1:18PM · Sunday
Adjacent to the museum was a large church that had been repurposed to house more specimens from the collection.
C around Foucault’s pendulum
2010 April 18 · 1:18PM · Sunday
The museum website says this is an original of Foucault’s Pendulum. This museum/church was featured in Umberto Eco’s book of the same name.
When we went I had just finished reading Foucault’s pendulum. It made my trip to the museum much more interesting. The building spins around the pendulum; the pendulum is actually still while the world moves around it.
At least, mathematically that’s true.
areoplanes in a priory
2010 April 18 · 1:21PM · Sunday
It’s a priory and not a cathedral because it’s one long building, not cross shaped. That sounds like such an old fashioned word!
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2010 April 18 · 1:22PM · Sunday
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2010 April 18 · 1:23PM · Sunday
the temple of technology
2010 April 18 · 1:36PM · Sunday
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2010 April 18 · 1:51PM · Sunday
We went to the history of technology museum with Johannes. It was actually right down the street from our apartment. It was a very enjoyable visit. Ruby didn’t like it so much, and I think C would have liked it more if she hadn’t been bugging him because she was bored… but such is sibling life. My fondest memory is the (former?) cathedral next door that has been filled with technological relics. A most sensible use for a cathedral.